Research Highlights

Ragini Reshma1,2 and Muthu Arumugam1,2*
Microalgae are the source for many nutritionally important bioactive compounds and potential drugs.. Even though edible microalgae are rich in nutraceutical, bioavailability of all these molecules is very less due to their rigid recalcitrant cell wall. For example, the cell wall of Scenedesmus quadricauda CASA CC202 is made up of [...]

A.N. Ramya, P.S. Ambily, B.S. Sujitha, MuthuArumugam*, Kaustabh Kumar Maiti*
Oleaginous microalgae tend to accumulate neutral lipids as their energy reserve mainly in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG) which can be utilized as the precursor molecule for biodiesel and other nutraceuticalapplication. The TAG level and the fatty acid composition of microalgae modulated by exposing the algal [...]

A RATIOMETRIC NEAR INFRARED FLUOROGEN FOR THE REAL TIME VISUALIZATION OF INTRACELLULAR REDOX STATUS DURING APOPTOSIS

GiridharanSaranya, PalapuravanAnees, Manu M. Joseph, Kaustabh K. Maiti,* and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh*
Direct monitoring of apoptotic progression is a major step forward for the early assessment of therapeutic efficacy of certain treatments and the accurate evaluation of the spread of a disease. Here, the regulatory role of glutathione (GSH) is explored as a potential biomarker for [...]

A new series of indole appended dihydronaphthalenone hybrid analogues have been synthesized through the Lewis acid catalyzed Michael addition of indoles to the arylidene/hetero arylidene ketones. All the synthesized derivatives are well characterized through the 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HRMS spectroscopic techniques and further [...]

L. Shamla, P. Nisha
The effect of ripening on the formation of acrylamide in deep fried plantain chips made from Nendran variety (Musa paradisiaca) was investigated. The precursors of acrylamide formation, reducing sugars (glucose and fructose) and ten major amino acids, were quantified during different stages of ripening using HPLC and correlated with acrylamide formation. The [...]

Phosphorylated cashew nut shell liquid prepolymer (PCNSL) was used as an organomodifier for kaolin and the role of the PCNSL-modified kaolin as a reinforcing nanofiller in natural rubber (NR) and its blends with polybutadiene rubber (BR) was studied. The organomodified kaolin was characterized [...]

Samrat Ghosh, Divya Susan Philips, Akinori Saeki and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605408. Full Text: Link
The past 30 years have seen a quantum leap in the field of supramolecular chemistry ‒ a field that was crafted and moulded in the human hands with the inspiration from Mother Nature. Nature has most of [...]